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"""Waubgeshig Rice's stories are good medicine. Moon of the Turning Leaves is a restorative balm for my spirit."" -- Angeline Boulley, New York Times bestselling author of Firekeeper's Daughter In this gripping stand-alone literary thriller set in the world of the award-winning post-apocalyptic novel Moon of the Crusted Snow, a scouting party led by Evan Whitesky ventures into unknown and dangerous territory to find a new home for their close-knit Northern Ontario Indigenous community more than a decade after a world-ending blackout. For the past twelve years, a community of Anishinaabe people have made the Northern Ontario bush their home in the wake of the power failure that brought about societal collapse. Since then they have survived and thrived the way their ancestors once did, but their natural food resources are dwindling, and the time has come to find a new home. Evan Whitesky volunteers to lead a mission south to explore the possibility of moving back to their original homeland, the ""land where the birch trees grow by the big water"" in the Great Lakes region. Accompanied by five others, including his daughter Nangohns, an expert archer, Evan begins a journey that will take him to where the Anishinaabe were once settled, near the devastated city of Gibson, a land now being reclaimed by nature. But it isn't just the wilderness that poses a threat: they encounter other survivors. Those who, like the Anishinaabe, live in harmony with the land, and those who use violence."

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"""An epic journey into the future, powerfully haunting."" -- Silvia Moreno-Garcia, New York Times bestselling author of Mexican Gothic and The Daughter of Doctor Moreau ""Waubgeshig Rice's stories are good medicine. Moon of the Turning Leaves is a restorative balm for my spirit."" -- Angeline Boulley, New York Times bestselling author of Firekeeper's Daughter and Warrior Girl Unearthed ""Rice quite brilliantly weaves this sequel to Moon of the Crusted snow such that the ongoing journey of those wonderfully drawn characters carries on seamlessly. Moon of the Turning Leaves stands on its own while simultaneously carrying the heart of the original story. Suspenseful and gripping, the great anticipation for this next installment is borne out by this artful storytelling."" -- Michelle Good, award-winning author of Five Little Indians and Truth Telling ""[Moon of the Turning Leaves] is by turns beautiful and inspiring and bleak and violent. In other words, the perfect dystopian read. Let's hope Waubgeshig Rice doesn't make us wait too long for the next visit to this captivating world."" -- Alma Katsu, author of The Fervor and The Hunger ""If you've ever wondered how the Anishinaabe way would fare after the Great Collapse, this is the novel for you. Fans of McCarthy's The Road and The Walking Dead will feel right at home here with the intrigue, the dread and the hope. What a magnificent read. Mahsi cho, Waubgeshig Rice. Bravo!"" -- Richard Van Camp, author of The Lesser Blessed and Loyal to Heaven ""The world-building is top-notch in Moon of the Turning Leaves, painstakingly creating not only Evan Whitesky's quest to find a safe home for his people, but the careful way a community-focused culture would deal with the many disasters inherent in the end of the world. Tense, atmospheric, and ultimately hopeful, Rice masterfully delivers an unsettling, page-turning sequel."" -- Eden Robinson, author of Return of the Trickster ""In Moon of the Turning Leaves, Waubgeshig Rice finds hope at the end of the world"" -- Globe and Mail (Toronto) ""Rice has created not only a compulsive narrative but, perhaps more significantly, a compelling world, rooted in both the traditions of the Anishinaabe and the ashes of late-stage capitalism. It's a powerful, tour de force accomplishment that will leave readers hoping for a third book."" -- Toronto Star"

"""The world-building is top-notch in Moon of the Turning Leaves, painstakingly creating not only Evan Whitesky's quest to find a safe home for his people, but the careful way a community-focused culture would deal with the many disasters inherent in the end of the world. Tense, atmospheric, and ultimately hopeful, Rice masterfully delivers an unsettling, page-turning sequel."" -- Eden Robinson, author of Return of the Trickster ""This slow-burning thriller is also a powerful story of survival and will leave readers breathless."" -- Publishers Weekly on Moon of the Crusted Snow ""Rice seamlessly injects Anishinaabe language into the dialogue and creates a beautiful rendering of the natural world ... This title will appeal to fans of literary science fiction akin to Cormac McCarthy as well as to readers looking for a fresh voice in indigenous fiction."" -- Booklist on Moon of the Crusted Snow ""The creeping tension and vividly drawn landscapes make Waubgeshig Rice's characters' choices all the more real."" -- Toronto Star on Moon of the Crusted Snow ""With straightforward and spare writing, Rice brings to life a scenario that is frighteningly plausible...a breathtaking, quiet thriller that shouldn't be missed."" -- Seattle Review on Moon of the Crusted Snow ""Moon of the Crusted Snow sets itself apart―an apocalypse novel in reverse."" -- Globe and Mail"

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Waubgeshig Rice is an author and journalist originally from Wasauksing First Nation. His books include the Independent Publishers Book Award-winning short story collection Midnight Sweatlodge and the national bestselling novel Moon of the Crusted Snow. Reporting for CBC News for the bulk of his journalism career, in 2014 he received the Anishinabek Nation's Debwewin Citation for excellence in First Nation Storytelling and from 2018 to 2020 he hosted Up North, CBC Radio's afternoon show for northern Ontario.

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